Board of Directors
Sipko N. SchatVice-Chairman |
Born in 1960; Dutch citizen; lives in Bilthoven, the Netherlands; studied law at the University of Groningen.
Sipko N. Schat joined Rabobank in 1985 as a corporate lawyer. Over the past two decades he has held positions at Structured Finance in the Netherlands and at Corporate Finance in Ireland. He was appointed head of Structured Finance Europe in 1995 and head of Corporate Finance Worldwide in 1999. In 2002 he was appointed to the Managing Board of Rabobank International with responsibility for North and South America and a number of international Rabo supervisory directorships. During this period he was responsible for Corporate Finance, Trade Finance, Private Equity (Rabo Participations) and Corporate Advisory (Mergers & Acquisitions and Equity Capital Markets). He was appointed to the Executive Board of Rabobank Netherlands on 1 July 2006. In his position as a member of the Executive Board, Sipko Schat is responsible for Dutch and International Corporate Clients, Global Financial Markets, Corporate Finance, Trade Finance, Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions and Equity Capital Markets.
